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 1        AN ACT in relation to handguns.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Department of State  Police  Law  of  the
 5    Civil  Administrative  Code  of Illinois is amended by adding
 6    Section 2605-560 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2605/2605-560 new)
 8        Sec. 2605-560. Handgun ballistics identification.
 9        (a)  In this Section:
10        "Handgun" has the meaning ascribed to it  in  clause  (h)
11    (2) of Subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of
12    1961.
13        "Manufacturer"  means  any  person  who possesses a valid
14    federal license issued by the United States Secretary of  the
15    Treasury  that  permits that person to engage in the business
16    of manufacturing firearms or ammunition for  the  purpose  of
17    sale or distribution.
18        "Projectile"  means  that part of handgun ammunition that
19    is, by means of an explosion, expelled through the barrel  of
20    the handgun.
21        "Shell casing" means that part of handgun ammunition that
22    contains  the  primer  and propellant powder to discharge the
23    projectile.
24        (b)  Any manufacturer that ships or transports a  handgun
25    to  be  sold,  rented,  or  transferred  in  this State shall
26    include in the box with the  handgun  in  a  separate  sealed
27    container:
28             (1)  A  shell casing of a projectile discharged from
29        that handgun; and
30             (2)  additional information that identifies the type
31        of handgun and shell casing as required by  the  Director
 
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 1        of State Police to meet the provisions of this Section.
 2        (c)  Upon receipt of a handgun from the manufacturer, the
 3    dealer  shall  confirm to the Department of State Police that
 4    the manufacturer complied with the provisions  of  subsection
 5    (b).
 6        (d)  Upon the sale or transfer of the handgun, the dealer
 7    shall forward the sealed container to the Department of State
 8    Police crime laboratory.
 9        (e)  Upon  receipt  of  the  shell  casing  and  required
10    information,  the Department of State Police crime laboratory
11    shall enter the information in a computer database.
12        (f)  The Director of State Police shall promulgate  rules
13    to carry out the provisions of this Section.

14        Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
15    1, 2004.